Coming from the initial Polaris built with tactile switches on a Fr4 half-plate, I decided to rebuilt the keyboard with linear switches based on a POM full-plate. The full-plate was necessary, as I mill-maxed the PCB and the switches needed some more stabilisation therefore.
After the first try with the custom POM full-plate from 42keebs, I noticed, that the plate is too thick. Therefore I made some flex-cuts with my Dremel. Not nice but well worth it. Next time I would cut one row above and below the current cuts as recommended in MKD. But it works nicely as it is.
Facts:
- Cherry MX Black Hyperglide switches lubed with Krytox GPL205g0, filmed with Deskeys films, spring swapped with TX normal 75g springs.
- custom POM plate from 42keebs
- custom flex cuts afterwards as the full-plate was too unflexible
- removed case foam which is not required with the linear switches anymore
- added a sheet of paper to isolate case and PCB
ToDo:
- port VIA to VIAL